What is standing up for your rights, wants and needs in a pro-social, direct way. Most effective way for anger management.
100
Habits are things we do repeatedly, until they seem like second nature. They can be negative and positive.
What is a habit?
100
Timeout is a great immediate strategy used when anger is close to a 10, it means you take a step away from the high risk situation. There are informal and formal timeouts- formal meaning you have someone to check back in with after that you trust.
What is a timeout?
100
Escalation, explosion and post explosion
What is the stages of the aggression cycle?
100
Rage rooms are not productive due to transference= research has shown that acting out in anger no matter what context makes it more likely we will do so when we shouldn't
What is the reason why rage rooms and similar outlets are bad for us?
200
Aggression is not a pro-social way of handling conflict due to being a hostile attitude, intending to cause harm.
What is the reason why aggression is not a pro-social way to handle conflict?
200
Choices are better than old habits because they are proactive, and give us the power to act instead of react with conflict.
What is the reason why choices are better than old habits when faced with conflict?
200
We start each class with an anger meter check in to pause and take a minute to reflect on our days. What happened that made us frustrated and angry and how did we manage it? Have we used new skills? What can we work on?
What is the reason why we start each group with the anger meter?
200
What numbers on the anger meter scale does the escalation phase align with?
What is 1-9
200
Bob's behavior chain showed us that intervention on negative behavior becomes more difficult the later we act, but that interventions can still be possible.
What is the point of bob's behavior chain?
300
Passive is not the best way to manage conflict due to ignoring your own rights, wants and needs over others.
What is the reason why being passive is not the best way to handle conflict?
300
The four q's of change are:
4 Q’s of change:
Why to change?
What to change?
What to change to?
How to change?
What are the 4 q's of change?
300
On top of learning about different communication skills and check-in activities, process groups help us to learn more about ourselves and our peers.
What is the function of process groups?
300
Explosion can look like anything - physical, verbal, emotional aggression. Damaging property, hurting a loved one or saying something passive aggressive.
What is the explosion phase look like?
300
Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance and relapse
What is the five stages of change plus one more additional phase?
400
Assertiveness, passiveness and aggressiveness are learned behaviors. Assertiveness takes skill and practice. Aggression is one way we can respond.
What is the reason why "when we become angry, we will always act aggressively" an anger myth?
400
Why choose? - are you going to be accountable or not?
What to choose?
What to change?
How we choose?
What is the 4 q's when making a choice?
400
Your anger control plan is unique to each individual.
What is your anger control plan?
400
The consequences in the post-explosion phase can be emotional, financial, legal, physical etc.
What is the consequences in the post explosion phase
400
Motivation grows out of ambivalence and is a psychological feature which results in action towards a desired goal
What is motivation?
500
The steps of the Conflict Resolution Model are ID problem causing conflict
Be specific, id feelings
id specific impact of the problem
whether to resolve or let it go
Work for resolution of the conflict/ Address at a proper time
What is the steps of the Conflict Resolution Model?
500
Good habits can include hygiene, taking care of your space, calling family etc.
What is some examples of a good habit?
500
We must consider the payoffs and consequences to expressing anger inappropriately in order to replace the payoffs with more productive behavior and thinking and remind ourselves of the negative outcomes of falling back to this.
What is the reason why we need to consider both the payoffs and consequences of expressing anger inappropriately?
500
Cognitive, emotional, behavioral and physical cues
What is the four categories of anger cues you may experience in the escalation phase of anger?
500
breathing guided meditation and progressive muscle relaxation
What is two breathing exercises we tried in group?